DANGER DANGER

Sticker packs are in the mail and will be here in a few days.

The new line is READY to be dropped. yeah you hear that? its ready.
now im just being that guy to make you wait a little longer and bide my time to blow up on something.



keep your nose clean.

Stickers stickers and stickers!

stickers packs will be in next week. (monday?)
get them while you can.
also If your around New York City. play "spot free idea" after this saturday.

The ending of a Generation.

I am now 22 years old, I remember when i was in 5th grade i read the first harry potter book and i was hooked. in 6th grade, the first movie was released in theaters and I went on a afterschool trip hosted by B.F Brown middle school to see the movie. Tonight at midnight i will be waiting inline for the first showing of the 1st part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Depending on where you stand. The Harry Potter series, Has been a LARGE monument in most of our lives, i for one, am really bummed out sometimes that i was not born a wizard. (fml right?) but tonight i will be here. and tomorrow i will post why Harry potter has been such a large contribution to our Generation.

The last couple of Months.

I would like to be the first to say, that I have not stopped Free Idea in any way. in fact! i have been working in this secret laboratory (like dexter) cooking up new ideas, ways to make you guys enjoy every little thing about what your apart off. little collectibles, even more collectible shirts, and just new items. The New line will be releasing shortly after thanks giving. and i promise it wont be a let down. and when you order your packages. they will be full of goodies even more than shirts, and everything else. Ive been taking inspiration from the people i have surrounded myself by over the past couple of months. going different places, realizing different scenes that i didnt want free idea to be apart of. Just everything in general to make the line even better.
the last release Free Idea has had was back in March. so be ready for something epic.

1978

I never lived through the year 1978, nor does it have any importance to me. I have no idea what was going on in my home town in 1978. I don't know anyone who made some kind of difference in that year or anything. But to someone 1978 was an important year, a period in time that could have changed somebody's life. I don't know why I chose this year right now while posting this right up. It means nothing to me. But it is now towards the end of 2010. Only 2 and a half months left and we will be in a new year. Where we will meet new people, maybe work a new job, start at a new school or move to a new place. Thinking about it makes you wonder what have you done in this year. Who have you met, where things happened. or what there is coming.
In this year I have made alot of changes from the people I have surrounded myself with, what motivates me, how the line is, where it is going and what i want to do. but most of all. Its the people that I have surrounded myself with. Ive brought back old friends, started new relationships, and ended ones that didnt work. Im basing this entire post off of a thought that popped into my head after opening a fortune cookie. "what have you done that is so important?" not really a fortune so someone should be getting into trouble at there job.

but its a thought. and a rant.

sorry awkward post.

Umbrella Gallery - The Truth

This past Wednesday Was the closing night for the Umbrella Gallery here in FItchburg MA. I have posted alot about Umbrella, but i dont think i ever went into depth on what it entailed.

The Umbrella Gallery opened its doors a few months back, holding a spot in the back of Design at 639 (a furniture refurbishing shop) on main street in fitchburg. There goal was to have an open art space. non judged art work hung the walls, if you made music, you could set up a show here any night of the week. You where always welcomed back no mater how many people came to see you. If you had an idea, umbrella would make it possible for you to do it. you wanted to learn how to play an instrument they had it for you to learn. Ryan Scott and Brigitte Ferrante where the two main owners of the gallery And they made you feel right at home when you went in, no matter who you where.

Over the short time Umbrella was open it Quickly became a staple within weeks for the Central MA music scene. with there "we wont deny anyone" aspect on everything. Go there one day and it would be a full on Acoustic show, another night, all about Harsh Noise, come back and the place will be shoulder to shoulder packed for a hardcore show. But what really made umbrella stand out was the People who where always here, and the attitude that filled the gallery. When you walked in for an event, you knew that it was a complete drug and alcohol free place, even though some losers did like to brake that from time to time. and there was always the golden umbrella rule of "treat others how you want to be treated" but with there own twist. you came in. acted up and started a mess, Ryan and Brigitte would have you leave. but they asked you nicely. if you didnt then other people would make you leave. Even groups of kids who would show No respect for other places. would show respect in the gallery, which i believe is from the built of atmosphere of the Gallery. But, over time things did get out of hand and leading to a kid being put through a window. the gallery was forced to close.

THE THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW.

Since the start of the Gallery, They had an ongoing support from the small but growing art community. But where constantly bullied around by some of the City of Fitchburg's council members. who dont believe in a art community. and want nothing on main street that dosnt have to do with what they want. which is nothing. hence why fitchburg has been in such turmoil for such a long time. With the bullying from some of the city officials (who i believe should be tied to a post and beat with a bully rag) The umbrella gallery was forced to shut down some of there main events. Such as FLASH, a 16+ dance party that was held on wednesday nights, which created an outlet for kids who didnt have anything else to do. ..again pointing out how amazing Umbrella was for keeping kids in a positive area. Also from shutting down events, The Gallery was forced to no longer charge for Shows. (average show was 3-5$) which was used only for bill payment. for electric, and rent. Never actually breaking a profit since the start. (Go City of Fitchburg council members for fucking that up)
From there Umbrella did donation shows with no suggested donation. some nights there was nothing. but other nights was a good turn out.

Over all of the turmoil, from city council bullying, and the quick fights that broke out, the umbrella gallery was a home for everyone. and its really all thanks to Ryan and Brigitte, and members of Most of the bands that played the gallery.

Umbrella will be opening up in a new location soon. and will be staying open as long as they have support.


-Kris

Free Idea clothing Release date set!

NOVEMBER 1ST! Free Idea will be releasing 2 tees and a long sleeve.
BLACK FRIDAY (day after thanksgiving) Free Idea will be releasing the Windbreaker and Another Tee

December holiday season TBA

The New releases will hit carried shops within 7 days of release date.
the new shop list includes the Following Cities

BOSTON
NEW YORK CITY
OAKLAND
MIAMI
TORONTO (CAN.)
YOKOHAMA (JP)
MANCHESTER (UK)
PARIS (FR)

Little words of inspiration.

I am in the middle of booking a whole bunch of Lectures at different school in different parts of Massachusetts. Going over the Free Idea story, Some personal stories, and how its never good to compete with people because they can be a good help to you doing good. If you have a school that you would like me to speak at. Shoot me a email at Freeideaclothing@hotmail.com

Also. See that little banner that says "STREET COLLECTIVE" right up there ^^^^^
If you are wondering what that is, That is a big project underway A web magazine, and a Retail shop being built by Myself and Katie Stocking (Bandit Clothing/ Free Idea intern)

We will be opening the doors to the FIRST Street Collective shop very shortly in our hometown it Fitchburg, MA. please take note to where it says FIRST. remember that NYC blog post about a month or so back?

Dear Fitchburg Massachusetts

Im looking for something a little bit more permanent, ..see you soon. ::add in wink face::

THANK GOD ITS 40

So Free Idea sponsored Hip Hop Artist, 40 $TACKS put out yet another crazy track, yet again proving he has some very amazing flow. He even threw a show out to Me and Free Idea in this track 4 THE KILL. <--click that to listen

YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR PROBLEM

Sorry for the lack of post latelly, more post will be going up daily i just havent had much to blog about latelly.

Yesterday i was online checking out my flyer miles credits and filing paperwork out for a passport. Why do you ask? Sometime within the next couple of months. (not sure an exact date) i will be doing a 7 day tour of Europe for a Free Idea campaigne entitled "Your Country, Your Problem" I will be spending 1 day in each country. just walking around and slapping up stickers. visiting potential shops as well as stopping into shops that carry the line or once did. 7 countries, 7 days and about 4,000 stickers handing them out to locals, travelers, shops and of course covering sections of the Cities.

First stop. LONDON
there will be more updates over time about this project along with an actual set day. so stay tuned.

ROEBUS ONE SIGHTING

My Buddy Roebus One got a spotlight on CollegeDJ.net check the video. he was spotted wearing the TRUE TO YOUR ROOTS tee. (now sold out)

you have to love it when a friend is getting the spotlight they deserve.

Just a little late night post. maybe a ramble

its 1;30 am the blog is going through some changes in appearance that I will probably not like tomorrow afternoon and i will start to change it... again.
I have been going through the process of getting the new line all set and ready for printing and setting an official release date. which is going good. but lets not talk about that.
Better yet! lets not mention free idea for the rest of the blog. Sometimes i feel like i talk about it to much even on this which is setup for me to talk about it.

I am going to ignore the fact that i am VERY thirsty and the room I am sitting in is very warm and stuffy, I currently have no shoes on or socks. recently i discovered i Only own 3 pairs of socks. During my move into my apartment i mysteriously lost all of my socks and every time i am at Walmart it never crosses my mind to pick some up.

I take my girlfriend out on a lunch/dinner movie date every week or every other week if my budget is tight. Sunday we seen Charlie St. Cloud which was amazing. I have taken courses on film structure and I have very good judgment on movies.. Go see this if you havent. I dont want to give any spoilers so here is the trailer


It was my Moms birthday this past Saturday and we celebrated it at my brothers new house in Leominster MA which was perfect because his house sits right across from Doyal field where they held starburst so we got a nice firework show.

I think this is enough for the blog right now i need some liquids
enjoy some Anthony Green.

LEGROTRON

Tim Legros, is a local Artist from my area. He is a guest designer for some of the upcoming free idea projects. Thought i would make a post about this rad dude to give you guys a little more insight to who he is and why ive chosen him to reflect himself onto the Free Idea brand.

you can Check out his blog at TIMLEGROS.WORDPRESS.COM

here is a short video that tim shot and cut.

Some tunes

everyone loves music. this is just some stuff that i have been listening to on repeat lately

MIKE POSNER Evil Woman remix (ELO original)


Beastie Boys/ Matt and Kim mix by the hood internet.


Brian Owen covers. A local kid from my area has been booming with some music talent and its been going through my daily plays.


Right Click and Save - This kid contacted me A WHILE back when he was going by the name CRASH SEASON REMEDY and ive been following his music for a good 2 years now.



ok thats all for now just thought i would share some tunes

10 THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT FREE IDEA

So like every day I go over to the Hundreds Blog to check out what is going on over there. This week Bobby Hundreds posted a 8 things you didnt know about the hundreds.. so i thought i would do 1 of my own.

so here we go

1. Free Idea's original name was going to be BAD IDEA CLOTHING, until research brought up that BAD IDEA was used as a Jean company name (no longer around.. i believe)

2. My first ever show setup for Free Idea was on February 22nd 2008 I was asked by Jimmy Hendricks from Flight of the Navigator to setup, It was one of the worst snow storms of that year. The drive to Athol MA, usually is about 40 minutes depending on your driving. It took me just about 2 hours to get there. I was releasing 3 shirts that night and it was the first time i was actually "releasing" a set of designs. through the whole night i sold 1 shirt to a drunk guy who made his sober friend buy it for him. That night after coming home i put the 3 tees onto the bigcartel site. Sunday night (2 days later) i checked if i had any orders. ..1 design was almost sold out and the other 2 where closely following.


3. The Sleepy Hollow halloween release tee. was the 1st ever free idea design that i ever made, And it wasnt released until after a year that i made it. This tee will be released and revamped just a tad for this upcoming halloween season.


4. Free Idea is known as the 2nd largest T'shirt line in Massachusetts based on sales and coverage(dont ask how, i dont even have a real website). in first Johnny Cupcakes
In 2008 I appeared on Johnny Cupcakes for his october halloween releases. His mom is a VERY good cook.


5. I have never payed a dime for advertisement space in any magazine, blog, or any publication But free idea has appeared in over 50 different publications, from blogs to magazines. My first publication was written up by a girl at Attleboro high school (now graduated) for the Attleboro MA news paper. where the paper said i was From Framingham MA instead of Fitchburg. This was the only publication that I ever said i was going to open a store. 1 year later i opened the Free Idea store.

6. My now good friend Dalton was the first person to order anything off of the online store. 3 weeks later i posed up on myspace that i need someone for a photoshoot and him and his mom drove just about 2 hours to come do the shoot eat pizza and then took off back home. till this day Dalton has been one of the coolest Free Idea supporters to date.

7. After Free Idea made it to a Year. i decided i was going to get my logo inked. I am one of 5 people globally to have a Free idea/free idea inspired tattoo


8. Every Year i COVER New York City' Times SQ with stickers for the ideal Free advertisement that it could bring. 100$ in high adhesive stickers roughly cost NYC 10,000$ to remove

9. Free Idea has sold to over 15 countries world wide. Yet I have never sold in Canada even thought its less than a 10 hour drive away. 40% of ALL INTERNATIONAL sales for free idea come from JAPAN. Nationally, MASSACHUSETTS, TEXAS, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK and OHIO are the top states that Free Idea sells to. but have at least 1 tee in ALL 50 states.

10. I Gave my first Lecture at Monty Tech high school on December 9th 2009, to a business class. in 2010 i have numerous lectures at high schools and some at a few colleges yet i have never taken a business course, a college course, and i missed 41 days my senior year in high school.

BOXING PAST TIME

after surfing through old questions when i used formspring and on my girlfriends formspring. a common question asked was about me being a Boxer. Well its true. I started when i was 10 right at the start of summer that brought me into 5th grade. I was living in Leominster MA and i lived about a block away from the leominster boxing club. And i was there up until it moved. From there i switched to Lowell. and yada yada yada back and forth back and forth.

I became a Junior golden glove fighter at 15, Then at 17 i had to stop fighting competitively and couldent do more than train and spar due to a heart complication. So continued for 2 more years then when i was 19 i got into a little complication, a hit was made and I was put onto a court based suspension for 3 years from any boxing or fighting form. Now I have 8 months left until i can start up again and i cant wait.

but here are some of my favorite Boxing movie scenes and real boxing matches

ROCKY 3 - ROCKY VS CLUBBER LANG (MR. T)


ROCKY 5 - ROCKY VS. TOMMY GUNN



OSCAR DE LA HOYA (every fight = amazing)


MICKY WARD (MY FAVORITE FIGHTER OF ALL TIME) VS ARTURO GATTI
(GREATEST FIGHT OF ALL TIME)



ANd of course a legendary fight
MUHAMMAD ALI VS GEORGE FOREMAN

FINALLY A NEW LINE DROPS!

It has been LONG time since I released ANYTHING for Free Idea. so here is the rundown of everything for the new line.

2x tees
1x windbreaker jacket
1x hat
2x stickers

One of the Tees will be designed by guest artist TIM "LEGROTRON" LEGROS a local artist from Massachusetts
That tee will be a limited run tee and only 25 tees will be produced.

The Windbreaker will be available for a PRE ORDER starting August 20th. we are only going to pre order 10 windbreakers, that because of pre order you will get 10$ off. after that full price. so get ready for them.

The hats and the other tee will be general release and will be available off the Online store as well as Free Idea carriers The Windbreaker will also be in selected shops.

We will have sneak peeks of the new line sometime in the next 2 weeks so stay tuned.

... party?

So every week i help host a weekly dance Party at the Umbrella Gallery. called "FLASH" It is now going into its 3rd week, And from what we hear. Kids like it! Just like Dance Parties out of Bigger Cities, like NYC, Boston, LA, Chicago. It has a weekly/bi weekly theme. Ryan,Brigitte, Katie and myself set this up as an outlet for local teens to come out to, instead of having to do whatever every one else in Fitchburg does on a Wednesday night. It runs from 8-Midnight, every wednesday. for 7$ cant go wrong..

We are hoping to keep this going through the fall. and if it does well keep it going till i move to Brooklyn NYC. From there the Gallery will have the final say for if it stays or goes.

week 1 we had 40 attendees
week 2 we had 81 attendees ...it might be catching on.



I also give out FREE free idea stuff here and there too.

FREE IDEA BLOCK PARTY

July 2nd I hosted the Free Idea block party at the Umbrella Art Gallery.
came in total of 87 attendees and just around 120 with band members and staff.

pictures coming soon. hope everyone had a good time.